Meet Wanda

Meet Wanda

Wanda has a smile at least a mile wide. A community member at The Pines United Church Homes assisted living community, she adds brightness to every gathering. I felt lucky to have her attend all three of the poemRENOVATION workshops I held while there as an...
Meet Marlene

Meet Marlene

Marlene, a member of a memory care community in Marietta, Ohio, spends much of her time sleeping and doesn’t often participate in group activities. The staff was delighted when she decided to try poem RENOVATION.  Rev. Patricia Vargas, the community’s chaplain, said...
Celebrate Creativity

Celebrate Creativity

“She’d seem strong- willed somehow. Woman like her imagined the forest paths.” Betty, a member of United Church Homes’ Harmar Place Community in Marietta, Ohio, wrote those lines during a recent poem RENOVATION workshop. She conjured up a vibrant...